Author Topic: How to cultivate comfrey (Read 4979 times)

Fluffywelshsheep · « **on:** May 31, 2008, 10:07:42 am »

Okay i have comfrey plants planted what do i do with them

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any ideas people
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Townie · « **Reply #1 on:** May 31, 2008, 11:19:44 am »

This looks quite a good site and has everything you need to know about it

http://www.allotment.org.uk/vegetable/comfrey/index.php

rustyme · « **Reply #2 on:** May 31, 2008, 01:26:55 pm »

yep ..lol ..I would have put that link up for you to look at... you beat me to it Townie !!! The book by L D hills is very good ,I have it , and it covers everything you could think of. One thing you may need to know is, the plants have prickly hairs on them , and they can cause irritation to some people. So when you handle the leaves and stems you may want to wear gloves. Another thing , cut the new growth just before the plant forms flowers each time , about every 6-8 weeks with mine !. That way it will keep on producing huge amounts of foliage, 2-3lbs per plant. Also , when you cut them do so about 2" from the ground, it seems very harsh , but they cope very well. Good luck with them ...Russ

Rosemary · « **Reply #3 on:** May 31, 2008, 09:58:01 pm »

But if you can bear to leave some to flower, you'll be rewarded by loads of bees, who just love it.

Fluffywelshsheep · « **Reply #4 on:** May 31, 2008, 10:08:09 pm »

okay thank for this guies, What i have done is i have two stems coming up i have left one as it and taken the flowers off and 'some' of the leaves off of one and left the other bit so i did okay with it.